A lot of "dam" fun . . .

He he he, my dad will like the title :) We love to play on words. Well, last weekend we were at the Pineview Dam and the lake was so crowded with boats and people that the waves were too restless for us to wakeboard or ski so we went out searching for fun. We found it. We found a piece from what looks like the dock floating in the bushes at the side of the lake so we decided to test it out. This video (courtesy of my brother and sister in law) shows my hubby, his bro, and his twin sisters out on the "dock" trying to make each other fall off! Because it was so crowded you can see all the other boats driving around and we were really attracting an audience. Fun stuff! Enjoy!

Father's Day Ideas . . .

So this year I want to do something special for my hubby for father's day. So I searched and searched online and here's a list of some fun ideas I came up with. (Lots of these ideas came from my hubby's aunt Mitzi, check out her website www.mitzfamilybitz.com there's lots of fun family ideas and ways to improve your marriage.

Here's what I came up with . . . some fun ideas to make this Father's Day Memorable:
1. Breakfast in Bed
2. Take a pad of post-it notes and write down great things or words that describe your "dad" and post them all over the house, down the hall or in a room. You could even put them all over his car.
3. Create a treasure hunt around the neighborhood or house where he can find his present or have small presents at each stop.
4. Write happy father's day with sidewalk chalk on the driveway. Or "We Love you Daddy!"
5. Roll up "I love you" messages and place them inside balloons.
6. Sprinkle candy kisses all over the floor and say "we kiss the ground you walk on"
7. Fill the shower with balloons and leave a note on the shower door/curtain that says "you have been showered with love."
8. Give him a heart attack by placing colored paper hearts all over a door, car, wall or desk. You can even write little notes on the hearts.
9. Place hearts with messages on a string and attach to the bottom of the garage door. The hearts will hang down when the garage door opens up.
10. Pillow presents: leave little treats, notes or presents on their pillow so they will see before they go to bed.

I think I am going to do a few of these . . . hope you enjoy and happy upcoming father's day to all the dads (and dads to be) out there

My first TAG . . .

Scattegories Tag
It's harder than it looks! Use the first letter of your first name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things - nothing made up. You can not use your own name for the boy/girl names.


1. What is your name? Ann
2. A 4 letter word: aunt
3. A vehicle: Arcadia
4. A city: Anaheim
5. A boy's name: Andy
6. A girl's name: Alexis
7. Dessert: Apple pie
8. An occupation: Artist
9. Something you wear: Arm Band - stretching it here.
10. A celebrity: Ariel (she's a celebrity right!)
11. Food: Asparagus (yuck, how did I think of that)
12. Something found in a bathroom: Air Freshners :)
13. Reason for being late: Alarm Clock didn't go off
14. Something you shout: AHHHHWWWWWWW!
15. An animal: Alligator
16. A body part: Arm
17. Word to describe yourself: AMAZING, he he he he!

I now tag: Marissa, Amy, Kathryn, and Tarisa! You're it!

Baby Alfalfa . . .

While bathing the baby I got a wild hair, or I should say she got a wild hair! We combed it out and got it to stick up in the back . . . it's our baby Alfalfa! The picture on the right is of the original Alfalfa from the little Rascals "Our Gang". They were so much fun to watch! They really do look a like! HA HA HA!

Seeing Stripes?

So you'd think we went to zoo or maybe an African Safari? Well . . . . NO . . . we were driving down the road in N.O. and my cowgirl was of course looking at the horses when she yells, hey there's a zebra! I thought she was looney, but . . . there it was grazing in the field with the other horses . . . A zebra! So lucky me, I had just done a photo session so I had my camera with me so I pulled over and took some pics! Crazy! Who'd of thunk it eh!?!?!?

Summertime and the living is easy . . .

On Monday we went for a walk and enjoyed the great weather (too bad it didn't last!) We took the stroller out (which I love by the way, highly recommend it!) and Princess decided to wear her plastic princess shoes, great choice! We walked over to the park and played a bit, here's the pics!

Mary Mary Quite Contrary . . .

For Mother's Day my hubby made me a square foot garden so we could start growing our own veggies. He did a great job and it has become a family affair. Things are starting to grow! And nothing says summer's here more than fresh WATERMELON. My cowgirl LOVES watermelon check out all the rines!